Business and Tax Attorneys, Southeast Michigan

For more than 30 years, Finkel Whitefield Selik has been a valued partner to businesses, for-profit and non-profit institutions and organizations and high net worth individuals. At Finkel Whitefield Selik, experience is the cornerstone on which our reputation is built for creatively solving legal problems in a cost-effective and timely manner. By effectively analyzing a client's situation and delineating options, risks and opportunities, we can provide innovative strategies.

The Work That We Do

The firm has represented a number of different health care organizations, commercial businesses, and developers in the acquisition of facilities and development projects as well as the refinancing of existing loans related to such projects.

The firm has negotiated compromises with the Internal Revenue Service and successfully defended individuals and small businesses in United States Tax Court, the Michigan Tax Tribunal, and various other courts on various tax issues.

In the past year, our firm represented clients in the merger of businesses, the acquisition of a major restaurant franchise, and the restructuring of a foreign limited partnership. We also regularly assist clients with the formation and operation of for-profit and non-profit entities.

Our experienced litigators have worked with clients and their employees to reverse a major insurance provider’s denial of payments without the need for time-consuming litigation. When other methods of dispute resolution fail, we have also succeeded in representing clients in State and Federal courts to recover the full value of contracts.

We work with clients to establish Buy-Sell Agreements for their businesses, ensuring that if a business partner retires or passes away, funding methods, including life insurance policies owned and paid for by the business, will allow the remaining partner to purchase the business outright and provide the retiring partners or the deceased partner's family with fair value.

For young couples concerned about the welfare of their minor children, we design estate plans that include Living Trusts and Wills to ensure that Guardians, chosen by the parents and not the court, have access to funds need to raise the clients’ children in the event of the clients’ deaths.

For wealthier, more experienced clients, we prepared estate plans that include the use of corporate trustees to ensure that the client’s children, grandchildren, and great-grandchildren have access to funds for their education and retirement.

The firm represents employers, employees and labor organizations in a range of labor and employment matters, including representation before the National Labor Relations Board, negotiation of collective bargaining agreements, and employment litigation before federal and state courts. The firm also counsels clients regarding the drafting of employment policies, handbooks, and agreements.